Shipping crate



Patented Dec. 2c, 1927.

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' Application filed January made up in a variety of different sizes fromone blank or cardboard piece from which the crate is usually formed.

Another object of this invention is to provide a shipping cratethat islight in weight, strong in construction and adapted to be made up tosuit the purpose of the shipper and the season in which the shipment ismade. V

A further object of this invention is to provide a crate in which thecorners are filled in with a part of the crate construe tion, thuseliminating what is known .to

chick shippers as cold corners in crates,in to which the young chicksare crowded, where they readily chill and often die en route due to afault of the crate construction.

, A still further object of this invention is to provide a crateconstruction that i is readily made up from a single blank into aplurality of sizes to suit the product shiped and the season inwhich theshipment is made, together with means for eliminating the heavy loss inearly shipment of day old chicks.

Vith these and nature of the invention is better understood the sameconsists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement ofpartsas will be hereinafter fully pointed out, illus trated and claimed.

It will be quite readily understood by those skilled in the art to whichthis inven tion belongs that the same is susceptible of some structuralchange and alteration with out departing from the spirit or. scope ofthe invention, but a preferred and thoroughly practical embodiment ofthe invention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which V I Figure1 is a perspective view of a chick crate made up. in accordance withthis invcntion.

v Fig. 2 represents a blank from which one of thecrates is madeandillustrates the ease with which either crate construction can bereadily formed with one blank.

Fig. 3-is a plan view of one form of crate made up in what is known asthe fifty chick capacity for early shipments.

Fig. 4 is an end elevation' -ofthe crate sh wn n F g 3.-

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manyother objects in view which will be more readily apparent as the 5isa'side elevation 'of the crate shown in Fig. 3.

Similar reference numerals refer" to simi lar parts throughout theseveral figures of In the manufacture of these'crates, .1 form 1 ablankdesignated by the numeral 10, from one size shown in perspective inFig. 1,'in which the corners 11 are blanked ed for the "which two sizesof crates are constructed] shipment of chicks in early spring when it isnecessary to keep the chicks warm, and to prevent them from crowdinginto the cold;

corners of the crate. When the corner web 13.1sremoved a box of'mcreasedcapacity is thus produced in'which chicks are readily shipped during thelate spring orearly sumj mer months.

.lVhen' it is desired to'form aerate for late shipments of 'chickstheextending wings 13, are tornoff at the perforated line 14, while thatportion of wing designatedlas 15 is fastenedsecurely to the side wall 16of the crate; by any approved and suitable means. Crates constructed inaccordancewith this invention are preferably made "up in what isknown asthe and 100 chick capacity sizes. Fig. 1 shows the 25 chick size, whileFig. 3 shows the 50 chick capacity size, while the 100 chick capacitysize is double that of,

the 50 chick size and the construction is the same.

In assembling the box. or cratejthe end walls 20 and 21 are bentupwardly along the dotted lines 18 and 19 while the sides 16 are alsobent upwardly along the lines 25 and 26. The corner web forming members12 are then bent inwardly on the lines 00 and also v p further bent asindicatedat o to form the v attaching or securing wing portion 15; Obviouslyl, the said wing portion 15 may be secured to the side walls 16by any suitable fastening means such as staples; adhesive or the likeaccording to well established practice. When the box is assembledin thisway the hollow corner portions 11 are formed, thereby preventing thechicks from 'tion it is thought that the construction can be fullyunderstood and What I claim and desire to be secured by LettersPatent isA crate for baby chicks and the like comprising a body blank folded toproduce endand side Walls, corner Web forming extensions carried by theside Walls and each having-- a line of transverse perforations, whichfacilitate the bending of the corner in Web portions into substantiallytriangular formation to produce hollow corner portions in the box, saidcorner web portions being bisectible along the lines or perforations toprovide corners communicating With the interior of the box and fixed tothe side and end Walls of said box adjacent the corners thereof. 7 Y

. In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOSEPH VJ. PAR-KS.

